"Lloyd Davies - The Time Lord " wrote in message
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I think that since Morse Code is old, but not completely useless, I feel
it
should no longer be made to be learned to gain access to the HF bands.

Do I feel that Amateur Radio be made a free for all? No, it should not.
There
should be a test, but not a really hard test, but not a easy one either.

I'll even admit, I'll never get a new Icom 7800, at $10,000.00 - I'll be
lucky
to maybe get a used 706 at about 400 or 500 or so.

After about 18 years of listening and talking on the ham bands I don't think
knowing CW has ANYTHING to do with the quality of any operator. Many of the
QRMers and trouble makers in ham radio are Extra Class ops. I easily passed
the 20 WPM code test and really don't see the point. Yes, there should be
written exams.

DeWayne K9KZ



Lloyd Davies - Time Lord and Talk show host
"On the Domestic Front"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/domesticfront/